Six Lawyers Join McKool Smith in New York

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Apr 13, 2010, 01:40 ET

NEW YORK, April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Law firm McKool Smith is announcing the addition of six experienced litigators practicing in the firm's fast-growing New York office.

The new McKool Smith lawyers are associates Sachin Bansal, John C. Briody, Yusuf A. Rangwala, Elizabeth Raskin, Kevin Schubert and James H. Smith.

"These outstanding lawyers bring a wealth of talent and experience to our firm," says Robert Cote, the managing principal of the New York office. "They are the future of McKool Smith, and their arrival is one more measure of the success of the firm and our rising presence in New York."

The arrival of the new lawyers brings the headcount of the New York office, which opened in late 2007, to 25 lawyers.

Mr. Bansal comes to McKool Smith from Davis Polk & Wardwell. His practice is focused on bankruptcy and white collar matters. He has participated in several pro bono matters, particularly on behalf of prisoners. Mr. Bansal earned both law and undergraduate degrees from Duke University.

Mr. Briody, formerly with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, represents clients in complex commercial litigation and regulatory matters. His experience includes shareholder derivative litigation, securities and antitrust class actions and breach of contract cases. He also has represented clients in investigatory matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Briody served as a law clerk for Judge Joanna Seybert of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law and received a BA in from the College of the Holy Cross.

Mr. Rangwala previously practiced at Sullivan & Cromwell. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, securities litigation, mediation and arbitration proceedings, regulatory enforcement and internal investigations of financial institutions. After graduating from Yale Law School, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Helen Gillmor of the US District Court, District of Hawaii. He earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University.

Ms. Raskin formerly practiced at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, focusing on bankruptcy matters for clients in the energy, petrochemical, paper products and real estate industries. Her experience includes fraudulent conveyance actions, director and officer litigation and contested confirmation proceedings. Ms. Raskin earned her law degree from New York University and her undergraduate degree from Emory University.

Mr. Schubert is a former patent examiner in the cryptography department at the US Patent & Trademark Office, where he examined more than 100 patent applications, interviewed attorneys and inventors and wrote appeal briefs to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and received a BS in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University.

Mr. Smith formerly practiced at Shearman & Sterling and brings broad commercial litigation experience to McKool Smith. A graduate of Fordham University School of Law, with a BS from Indiana University School of Business, Mr. Smith worked as an intern for Legal Services New York and Indiana Legal Services.

McKool Smith is recognized as one of the premier trial law firms in the United States based on significant courtroom victories and substantial settlements for domestic and international clients. With more than 120 attorneys in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Marshall, New York, and Washington DC, the firm handles complex commercial litigation, intellectual property claims, bankruptcy matters, and white collar litigation for companies and individuals across the globe. McKool Smith has won more of the Top 100 Verdicts than any other law firm in the nation every year since 2008. Firm clients include major airlines, telecommunications companies, medical device manufacturers, energy producers, and many others.

For more information, contact Roger Cohen at 973 632 4694.

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